Thank you!

A friend shared Austenistan and I have started listening to both seasons. Please bring this brilliant show back - just what we need in today’s world.

Perfect for a lover of different cultures! So informative and interesting.

I love this podcast. Great work.

Thank you!

Great topics and take on international stories. I’ve been telling all my friends about this.

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Engaging, interesting and such great storylines. Highly recommend.

I’m loving this podcast. The stories are mesmerizing and original. I just finished listening to War Poems, which took my breath away. Thank from someone sitting in Rio de Janeiro.

Fascinating podcast, seeing current events/topics through the eyes of people from countries all over the world. Excellent production, keep up the great work.

I listened to all of them!

This podcast is my favourite one out there (and I have heard A LOT). Always finding an alternate few point with stories around the world that always have candour, heart and a fascinated (unexpected) narrative.

I have cried listening to the last 3 - because of how human and beautiful they are. I LOVE IT. You will too!

Reliably great. If you have any interest in unique international reporting, I would highly recommend.

❤️

Brings you hope for the humanity!

Awesome stories, which really speak to me as a person who grew up travelling the world with my parents and now studies abroad too. After hearing a few episodes from the first series this quickly became my favourite podcast and I couldn’t wait for the second series!! I’ve heard the first episode of S2 now and it’s as amazing as I expected, really great work

I just discovered this and have started at the first one and am listening to them all back-to-back. Great content.

I was introduced to this podcast with the “American Surrogate” episode. I can’t wait to hear more!!!! Would love an episodes from Japan!

When will you continue producing more episodes? It’s so good!

Love radio lab. Love this.

Great work!!

I've been recommending this podcast everywhere I go and to everyone I meet. It's beautiful, rigorous, sometimes strange and always surprising. You will find the stories and ideas stay with you long after an episode finishes. I've listened to most episodes more than once - they can bear it.

Well researched, great interviews and interesting stories from across the world. Couldn’t recommend this podcast enough. Looking forward to listening to more!

I've never left a review for a podcast before, but woah my god this podcast is amazing! The host is an incredible storyteller who tells the most amazing stories from around the world. I gave it a listen and I was like "woah this is amazing!" I get so hooked in each episode - The one about Congo was especially amazing. Good job Rough Translation podcast people, keep it up plz!

Well-crafted, incredibly well-researched and bold in its approach. I'm not usually one to binge-listen to podcasts, but after the first episode about Brazil had me hooked I listened to all 7 in one day. Please do a second season!

It's just one amaIng, inspiring podcast and then an even greater one to follow! Can we have more please?

Really great. Sends my thought of in directions that they would otherwise never go in. Life enhancing. Thanks!

Absolutely fantastic podcast. Really well thought out, sensitively written and extremely interesting. Would thoroughly recommend!!!

This is truly amazing content and form. Strongly recommended!

In the vein of Radiolab, This American Life and such. Mind-opening. Listened to it all very quickly, now want more.

Thoughtful, well reported and beautifully produced stories from around the world. Although the show is still essentially American reporters who are likely outsiders to the communities they're reporting on, they seem to have a good awareness of that and cultural sensitivity. They often work with local people and reporters to look beyond the American perspective. A really excellent podcast!

Fascinating perspectives on topical issues in a completely different context. Brilliant idea.

One of the best podcast series I've heard - exploring cross-cultural stories and experiences in a respectful, thoughtful and often humorous way that tells us as much about ourselves as about other people.

Fantastic podcast that helps you imagine others more complexly and shares stories you would never hear anywhere else.

Great concept and brilliantly done

Really great show well put together with an interesting concept

Listen if you like a good honest story.

I heard about this through Radiolab and have not been disappointed. Really interesting stories and the Surrogate one had me in tears- it was so moving.

nice to hear what other countries have gone through or are going through

This show brings new life to issues that need it. Some of the best journalism I've heard in years. Seriously great, they don't shy away from tough conversations and approach them with all the nuance they require.

Listened since the beginning and was just happy to have another interesting and high quality podcast available, however the latest episode about the Surrogate mother was superb and I look forward to more episodes of this caliber in the future.

Fantastic way of broadening our world view. Responsible and ambitious journalism.

The opening four podcasts bode well for this to be a long running series of interesting but most importantly touching stories that cross cultural divides. Each one teleports you out of the echo chamber and deep into foreign lands to hear the humanity that binds us. Each podcast will challenge your opinion of the themes discussed; raise your hackles and draw your tears. You’ll need an extra hanky for the episode on surrogacy.

Very enjoyable and interesting first episode. I look forward to more well produced and edited stories!

I 'tuned-in' to the inaugural episode from the tip at the end of Planet Money, and I was certainly not disappointed. Rough Translation is clearly not afraid to tackle difficult globally-relevant human issues affecting the lives of real people. This episode draws on the societal struggle between inherent prejudices and positive discrimination and follows the story of citizens and legislators humbly navigating this maze. I have subsequently subscribed and look forward to further captivating and informative episodes, as this great new series unfolds.

I really enjoyed this first episode, having family that live in Brazil and visiting often it's so fascinating to listen to the first episode and draw parallels to world wide discussions on race. The podcast is well produced and edited. Really looking forward to the next episodes.

Great podcast